Minor error message

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Joined: Feb 2001

I noticed that one of my sites has a tiny error on this page icon show up in the bottom left corner of IE6. When clicked it says:

Line: 4
Char: 6
Error: Syntax error
Code: 0
URL: <a href="http://www.pstvalumni.com" class="bb-url">http://www.pstvalumni.com</a>
'

Nothing seems wrong with the page display but I checked the code in a validator. The code did not validate due to a hundred other issues but nothing seemed to be causing an error anywhere around Line 4. Below is the beginning of my code. Anybody know why I'm getting that error icon?

<?php
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC \"-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN\" \"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd\">
<head>
<title>PSTValumni.com - Plattsburgh State Television Alumni</title>
<meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\">
<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mike Sussman\">
<meta name=\"copyright\" content=\"Copyright 2002-2004 Shooting Storm Media\">
<meta name=\"description\" content=\"PSTValumni.com - The homepage for alumni of Plattsburgh State Television.\">
<meta name=\"keywords\" content=\"PSTValumni, PSTV Alumni, PSTV, Plattsburgh State Television, SUNY Plattsburgh, PSUNY, PSUC, college, televison, tv, DeSilva, Yokum, Mass Communication\">
<meta name=\"Revisit-After\" content=\"14 Days\">
<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"/style.css\" type=\"text/css\">
?>

mairving's picture

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It is a javascript error with your rollover buttons. Doesn't have anything to do with the HTML validating. It only appears in IE. I didn't see the error in Mozilla. You might try going back and retyping the first value image2 = new Image(); since it appears on that line.

Mark Irving
I have a mind like a steel trap; it is rusty and illegal in 47 states

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Thanks! I'd never have figured that one out on my own. Smiling

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Joined: Feb 2001

I found it... but couldn't fix it. It turned out not to be the rollovers. It wasn't anywhere near line 4 as the error stated - more like line 104 or something way down there. If I take out the code for my counter/logging then it disappears.

<?php
&lt;script language=\"JavaScript\" type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"/pphlogger.js\"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
<noscript><img alt=\"\" src=\"http://www.mikesussman.com/pphlogger/pphlogger.php?id=mikesussman&st=js\"></noscript>
?>

  • Is there something with this code?
  • Could there be something wrong with the code of one of /pphlogger.js?
  • Could there be something wrong with the code on that remote domain (also mine)?

Abhishek Reddy's picture

He has: 3,348 posts

Joined: Jul 2001

The URL doesn't load... I get no page or errors, just a tab titled "Untitled".

Ignore line numbers in IE - they aren't useful, unless you get a proper debugger.

It does look like a problem with pphlogger.js. Now if only I could see the code...

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Joined: Feb 2001

You've been having tons of bad luck with me lately Wink . I'm also the guy who had a softball site critique that you couldn't access. Well this time it's completely my host's fault. They've been down for the past six hours. Mad Sorry about that. I hope they'll be back online soon!

Abhishek Reddy's picture

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heh yeah. I was worried I might have some connection with it (pun not intended). Wink

Now I'm getting no response at all. Sad I'll try again later.

Suzanne's picture

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Joined: Feb 2000

These were not found:

<a href="http://www.pstvalumni.com/pstv-template_02b.jpg" class="bb-url">http://www.pstvalumni.com/pstv-template_02b.jpg</a>
<a href="http://www.pstvalumni.com/pstv-template_04b.jpg" class="bb-url">http://www.pstvalumni.com/pstv-template_04b.jpg</a>
<a href="http://www.pstvalumni.com/pstv-template_05b.jpg" class="bb-url">http://www.pstvalumni.com/pstv-template_05b.jpg</a>
<a href="http://www.pstvalumni.com/pstv-template_06b.jpg" class="bb-url">http://www.pstvalumni.com/pstv-template_06b.jpg</a>
<a href="http://www.pstvalumni.com/pstv-template_07b.jpg" class="bb-url">http://www.pstvalumni.com/pstv-template_07b.jpg</a>
<a href="http://www.pstvalumni.com/pstv-template_08b.jpg" class="bb-url">http://www.pstvalumni.com/pstv-template_08b.jpg</a>
<a href="http://www.pstvalumni.com/pstv-template_09b.jpg" class="bb-url">http://www.pstvalumni.com/pstv-template_09b.jpg</a>
<a href="http://www.pstvalumni.com/pstv-template_10b.jpg" class="bb-url">http://www.pstvalumni.com/pstv-template_10b.jpg</a>
'

The rollovers are not preloading, leaving a hefty white glitch until they are. You should update and fix your rollover code.

I can't duplicate the error on the mac, if that helps. Smiling

Abhishek Reddy's picture

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<br />
<b>Warning</b>: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/mikesus/public_html/pphlogger/pphlogger.php:3) in <b>/home/mikesus/public_html/pphlogger/pphlogger.php</b> on line <b>228</b><br />
document.open()
document.write(' ')
document.close()
'
Everything from to shouldn't be there -- it's a PHP error output, which is interfering with your JavaScript. Also, add semicolons to the ends of your JS lines. Smiling

Source File: http://www.mikesussman.com/pphlogger/pphlogger.php?id=pstvalumni&referer=http%3A//www.webmaster-forums.net/showthread.php%3Ft%3D23728&r=1024x768&c=24&showme=n&st=js&title=PSTValumni.com%20-%20Plattsburgh%20State%20Television%20Alumni&url=http://www.pstvalumni.com/
Line: 3, Column: 5

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